Oral history interview with Charles M. Lowe, March 20, 1975
Subtitle: interview B-0069, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Contributors: Moye, William T.; Southern Oral History Program; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library
Edition: Electronic ed.
Publisher: University Library, UNC-Chapel Hill
Published: 2007
Place of publication: [Chapel Hill, N.C.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Interviews; Politicians; Politics and government; Cities and towns; Growth; Democratic Party (N.C.)
Other titles: Interview B-0069, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007); Interview with Charles M. Lowe, March 20, 1975; Oral histories of the American South.
Description: Longtime Charlotte politician Charles Lowe discusses the county-city consolidation issue in Charlotte, NC. Lowe seems to have embraced the spirit of his recent retirement, attributing the failure of consolidation in Charlotte to a trend of voter apathy that is sure to reverse itself eventually. Lowe concedes that the politics of race and class played a role in defeating consolidation, but seems to believe more in impersonal patterns, alliances that dissolve and reform, and periods of change followed by periods of settling. Lowe's focus on the big picture means that he rarely speaks in specifics about the political battle over consolidation in Charlotte. For this reason, this interview will be most useful for researchers who already have a grasp of the issue.
Notes: Title from menu page (viewed on December 17, 2007).

Interview participants: Charles Lowe, interviewee; Bill Moye, interviewer.

Duration: 00:58:58.

This electronic edition is part of the UNC-CH digital library, Documenting the American South.  It is a part of the collection Oral histories of the American South.

Text encoded by Jennifer Joyner.  Sound recordings digitized by Aaron Smithers.

Text (HTML and XML/TEI source file) and audio (MP3); 2 files: ca. 102.6 kilobytes, 108 megabytes.

Original version: Southern Oral History Program Collection, (#4007), Series B, individual biographies, interview B-0069, Manuscripts Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Original transcript: 24 p.

Funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services supported the electronic publication of this interview.

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